Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Shelmaliere Commons (shelburne By., Forth Ed,forth Commons (forth By., Rathaspick Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shelmaliere Commons (shelburne By., Forth Ed,forth Commons (forth By., Rathaspick Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Clorane
- Latest-edition OS map
- Clorane
- Coordinates
- 52.31273, -6.56947
- SMR number
- WX042-075----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on one of the summits of the ENE-WSW Forth Mountain ridge. A cairn known as ‘Clorane’ was described by John O'Donovan writing c. 1840 as being ‘one hundred paces in circumference and six feet in perpendicular height (diam. c. 30m; H c. 1.8m)’ (O'Flanagan, 1933, vol. 2, 76). Some stones are visible at the site although there is no cairn.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 27 May, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Cairn - burial cairnunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Moated site1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.